[LM_NET] HIT: Library Moving Companies

[Jennifer Fojtik <jfojtik@MAIL.SWEENY.ISD.ESC4.NET>]

My original post was:

Our school is under renovation, and we will be moving the library very soon.  I 
looked in the LM_NET archives and found lots of great advice when planning this 
move.  What I didn't find is the names of any library moving companies in Texas.  I 
would love recommendations and to hear about your experience with the company if 
you did employ them to help with the move.  Thanks in advance...

I was asked to post a hit, so here it is.  I did get some responses - some offering 
advice on how they moved their library & others who actually gave me names/phone 
numbers for companies that move libraries.  Here are all the responses:

Companies to use that are located in TX & closer to Sweeny:
East End Transfer & Storage 1-800-231-2184
Roadrunner Moving and Storage (located at Hwy. 90 & Chimneyrock) 1-800-332-7033
Libra-tech Corp. w/ Penny Gromatzky 1-940-464-3033
Armstrong Moving & Storage (in Austin, TX) 1-800-522-0141

Suggestions/advice for moving a library yourself w/out a company:
1. The district pays the high school band loading crew to do the job
2. Rent movable carts with shelves & shrink wrap a loaded shelf before it is in 
transit
3. Talk with the athletics dept. & see if you can use the kids to help - so called 
"weight training"
4. Make sure I label my boxes or shelves (whichever route I take) very precisely 
b/c there could be lots of confusion when unloading if I don't

Thanks for all your suggestions & advice.  Now, I will work on getting quotes & see 
how this all falls into place...

Jennifer Fojtik, Librarian
Sweeny High School
Sweeny, TX
jfojtik@mail.sweeny.isd.esc4.net<mailto:jfojtik@mail.sweeny.isd.esc4.net>


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